Homosexuals are paedophiles??

[RonaldMcDonald]

The Sunday Times printed this at the weekend.

Please don't be fooled by the smokescreen that is Paisley...it's the implication of homosexuality equalling paedophilia that's the killer and that the Times allowed it to run.

Liam Clarke's argument is that as Paisley was made aware that someone was a homosexual he should then have personally investigated to see if he was also a paedophile.
As he didn't investigate and make the leap of discovery from homosexual to paedophile Clarke suggests he was in someway guilty of covering up child sexual abuse akin to that of Cardinal Brady.

Can't believe that we are allowed to publish something like this today..
Thoughts please

I found the article almost unreadable, but the term 'gay paedophile ring' certainly caught my attention. What on earth is a gay, paedophile ring? Having worked in the area of protecting children for many years, I have never come across this usage. I've never heard of a 'straight paedophile ring' either.

I think OP you have a good point about homophobia here and I just wanted to add my support.

Sadly it's an all too frequent misconception. I have several friends who are (shhhh) homosexual and have had other so called friends questioning whether my dd should be left alone with them. One of my friends is a primary school teacher .
I really don't understand the leap between homosexual and paedophile. Ignorance I suppose.

What Kreecher said.

The level of ignorance amongst supposedly intelligent people beggars belief at times.

Gosh that's awful, it's veyr sly but quite clear if you are looking for it and not numbed to boredom by the rest of the article.

My suspicion is it arises because straight blokes simply can't imagine why a man would fancy another grown man, the thought of it makes them shudder whereas they rarely have this reaction to the idea of lesbian sex. They are more easily able to get their head around the idea of fancying a pre-pubertal, nonmasculine youth. So, obviously queers are really much more likely to fancy little boys if they get the chance.

wahwah, glad it's not just me that didn't understand a word!
I did notice gay paedophile ring - guessing it is abuse against boys but agree that's not 'gay' it's perverted.

i remember mil getting really upset because my friend who is a gay man took dd to the cinema. ffs. people are nobs

My late MIL was horrified when dd was a flowergirl/bridesmaid to our friends who had a civil partnership. She told DH he should be ashamed of himself putting our girl into the hands of perverts. I took great delight in telling her that we were witnesses too.

Grimma- yes, I think that has a lot to do with it too, the sheer incapacity to try and understand.

It's like straight men being convinced a gay man will automatically fancy them just because they're male.

sorry - the article is so badly written couldn't read it.

Some otherwise quite intelligent people seem to make the link between gay and paedophile a lot.

I don't get what is so hard to understand about the difference? One involves children, the other consenting adults. Not that complicated. Some people are just seriously thick.

"My suspicion is it arises because straight blokes simply can't imagine why a man would fancy another grown man, the thought of it makes them shudder whereas they rarely have this reaction to the idea of lesbian sex."

I'd disagree strongly with that. I think women are equally as guilty of this misconception if not more so but those who do hold these beliefs will paint themselves as "just being concerned" where as men who voice it only manage to paint themselves as hating "pooftas" etc. Both are equally as bad and this is certainly not an opinion which males hold a monopoly on.

If women are as bad as men about this then that blows my theory. I guess I've just been lucky enough never to know a homophobic woman IRL, though I've know men who say they aren't but do the shuddery thing.

Some people just aren't rational. There is no possible logic for thinking a male homosexual would be interested in a girl.

Can't believe they are so short sighted....argghhhh
Gay=Paedophile is surely a "hate crime" statement

There was a TV documentary quite a few years ago now about Britain's first gay couple who were allowed to adopt a child. Two businessmen, big house, all fine and lovely.

Then it transpired a few years later that this self-same couple were done for paedophilia with said child.

So this case was a very sad 'exception proves the rule' for some people. Maybe it's this case that they remember and it colours their vision for all the perfectly decent gay couples.